MOSCOW, March 5 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Central Election Commission announced the candidate standing as of 05:00 a.m. Moscow time, when as many as 92.50 percent of votes were counted:
Vladimir Putin – 64.50 percent;
Gennady Zyuganov – 17.08 percent;
Mikhail Prokhorov – 7.26 percent;
Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 6.27 percent;
Sergei Mironov – 3.78 percent.